Of the dozen or so major productions Taylor has on his credits, Longmire is closest to his heart because he says he grew up watching American cowboy movies. Im from a rural part of Australia originally thats not that far away from the spirit of the American cowboy.

People from big, open spaces might have a different accent, but they have similar attitudes about they way they treat each other, the way they live their lives. Our similarities are far more striking than the differences.

And now Taylor feels like hes sprung from the soil of Wyoming, although the series shoots in New Mexico.

Taylor is happy that Longmire was compared to the classic Gunsmoke series, as well as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, but says, I just see Walt as Walt. He may have Marshall Dillons qualities, that kind of western stoicism, decency, and honesty, but hes his own man. And I think that was a pretty common thing through all those old western shows.

They were men of few words back in those days, and in the shows episodes the Longmire character says more with a look than with pages of dialogue, and thats fine with Taylor. He says, Thats good writing. Its brave writing to do less, that is a rare thing. And I love that about the show.

If you are like me and didn’t realize Longmire is filmed right here in New Mexico.

The Red Pony is the Mineshaft Tavern in Madrid.

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I like it too, except the episode where the deputy chick went to the strip club and stated pole dancing and stripping in her uniform to get information about the victim in that episode. Albeit an un-orthodox way of getting information, it was pretty hoaky and in the real world she would have been fired for this.

If I were the Sheriff I would be questionng the hiring of this chick (ex-philadelphia homicide detective) since before she arrived it was a quiet little county. Now they are having all these murders every week.

We like the show too. Reasonable plots for the area and good writing. The action scenes aren’t quite up to todays standards. I mean there is almost no believability in any real action. I’ll go on a bit. I know the show is not about action its about the character, the area and what goes on,,,,,,, so when an action scene comes along they kinda gloss over it to get on with the next scene.

And the wife thinks he’s kinda good looking. Oh, and he does a good job of erasing any accent.

Ive read all the Longire books and was rather leery about watching this series.
The books are great and I didn’t think the tv show could truly do them justice.
With all that said, I really do enjoy the series but about all the tv writers took from
the books are the characters and setting. I like Lou Diamond Phillips as an acter
but he doesn’t fit the book character. All the others do a
really good fit.

My wife and I also enjoy the show but what we really want to know is in which WY county is Longmire the sheriff, since we may be driving through WY later this year and want to avoid that area as much as possible. It's not just the incredibly high crime rate but it's also the nature of the crimes, especially murder.

Not to be picky, but doesn't the appellation Big Sky country apply to MT, not WY? Ok, I am being picky. Sue me.

Besides the typical racial slant which surprisingly seems to me to be more "indian against white" -- an earlier episode mentioned that Longmire arrested the tribal police-chief. That's as good a way as any to inject some milkable drama...

I like it too, except the episode where the deputy chick went to the strip club and stated pole dancing and stripping in her uniform to get information about the victim in that episode. Albeit an un-orthodox way of getting information, it was pretty hoaky and in the real world she would have been fired for this.

That, and I wonder how much presented as "fact" is not--"rumspringa" is not a practice of the religious group shown in the series, for example.

I like the characters and the stories, but I wish they would not have lapses.

True, but I like that. It's the little details that lend some believability and realism to me. Like any time Longmire has to run more than a few feet, he's panting like he ran a mile - showing his age or the altitude or whatever. I really like that there are no "superman" and they are just as mistake prone as anyone. At least until it gets to the inevitable "Here's where Walt does the wrap-up and solves the crime" speech.

They need to allow plots to span episodes so they won't have to make the big leap and "wrap-up" each episode.

This is my new fave. I’m very impressed with this “new” Robert Taylor. I think he has captured his character not unlike Peter Falk did “Columbo.” I’ve never been one for “quirky” TV series, but this one is “quirky” without being over-the-top. As to the remarks about the girl deputy pole-dancing and the Cheyenne/Anglo strife...chill out, it’s a TV show.

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